Willcom

For the remaining questions, since Willcom is not part of the MNP scheme, these 45 users were excluded.

One in four Japanese iPodders want to be iPhoners? 2007

Willcom, which is being sold by private equity firm Carlyle CYL. UL, has asked its creditors to reschedule its debt payments to give it some breathing room as it restructures.

Reuters: Top News 2009

Willcom, which is being sold by private equity firm Carlyle [CYL. UL], has asked its creditors to reschedule its debt payments to give it some breathing room as it restructures.

Reuters: Top News 2009

The winner was "Willcom," suggestive of both the company's resolve to thrive and its technology, called wireless local loop.

U.S. Private-Equity Kings 2007

T) and private equity firm Advantage Partners are among other firms that may be invited to invest in Willcom, which is majority owned by private equity firm Carlyle, the source said.

Reuters: Top News 2010

Willcom entered renegotiations with its creditors last fall.

Carlyle-Owned Willcom Seeks Bankruptcy Protection Alison Tudor 2010

Mobile-phone service provider Softbank Corp. and local private-equity firm Advantage Partners LLP are in talks about injecting capital into Willcom, some of the people said.

Carlyle-Owned Willcom Seeks Bankruptcy Protection Alison Tudor 2010

Willcom won a license to provide high-speed wireless Internet services in 2007 but needed about 100 billion yen to develop the service, said one of the people.

Carlyle-Owned Willcom Seeks Bankruptcy Protection Alison Tudor 2010

But the business, renamed Willcom, gradually lost market share in the competitive Japanese wireless market.

Bankruptcy by Willcom Stings Carlyle Alison Tudor 2010

The Willcom investment is spread across three different Carlyle funds, limiting damage to any one portfolio.

Bankruptcy by Willcom Stings Carlyle Alison Tudor 2010